New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...

Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth, from Evanston, Illinois, to Athens, Georgia ...

The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on ...

The date marks the passage of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in the United Kingdom in 1807, three years after the Haitian Revolution. The revolution led to the establishment of the Republic of ...

GRIOT has opened to the public at M Shed on Tuesday. The exhibition is put together by six people of colour from Bristol, ...

The International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is being observed today.

Princess Eugenie’s charity has spoken out about modern slavery to mark an important anniversary. The Princess of York ...

Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 ...

In 1833 Thomas Fowell Buxton enabled the eventual passing of the Slavery Abolition Act, first approved by George III. The Act gave freedom to millions of people around the world and is justifiably ...

Protesters have disrupted proceedings in the House of Lords demanding the abolition of the unelected chamber. A group of around half a dozen people in the public gallery threw leaflets, shouted and ...

Screen grab of members of the House of Lords looking up during a protest in the chamber after protesters calling for the abolition of the unelected chamber started shouting, singing and throwing ...